An alarming 95% of people with hepatitis are unaware that they have an infection. There are five types of viral hepatitis (A B C D and E) that affect the liver. Hepatitis B and C are the most contagious and if left untreated they damage the liver often in irreversible ways. People with untreated hepatitis B and C are active carriers of the disease and can transmit the virus to others. So we need to break this transmission cycle if we are to bring down the incidence of hepatitis B and C in India. We also need to ensure early